Earthquake last night! Here!

k-krack · 11.29.2006, 08:57 PM

That's right, I experienced my first earthquake (a 4.1 on the Richter scale) last night... this morning. Around 2:30AM. I woke up immediately, freaked to shit, thinking it was 6AM. After the tenth second or so, I thought it was the end of the world, I was scared shitless! I shot out of bed, worried my huge cd shelf would fall, destroying all my precious musical artifacts, etc... no such happenings occured, thankfully. As soon as it was over, I crept into the main part of the house, where my dad was arriving as well, we were both pretty freaked, and peeked outside and stuff... then we went back to bed (but for me, not to sleep).

static-harmony · 11.29.2006, 08:59 PM

Ah 4.1 I should point at you and laugh. That's not a big one. but yeah Earthquakes are fun.

k-krack · 11.29.2006, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by static-harmony

Ah 4.1 I should point at you and laugh. That's not a big one. but yeah Earthquakes are fun.

Hey! Shush! I live up north in the mainland where earthquakes never happen! I'll laugh in YOUR face for living in an area that will be underwater within 20 years!!!! HAH!

static-harmony · 11.29.2006, 09:02 PM

Sorry I am moving to New York. But my condolences to you for such a shock.

k-krack · 11.29.2006, 09:04 PM

Ahaha, thanks muchly. When are you moving there?

static-harmony · 11.29.2006, 09:05 PM

When I finish with my photojournalism degree here in California, I don't want to move yet cause I don't want to pay out of state tuition fee and all that crap that goes with out of state students.

k-krack · 11.29.2006, 09:10 PM

Right, right. I know nothing about it or anything, but I'm assuming it's a pain in the ass.
I gotta jet now, man, sorry to cut off like this, haha. Have a nice night/day, whichever it may be in LA. See ya!

static-harmony · 11.29.2006, 09:12 PM

Night later, don't worry about quakes they are nothing.

Inhuman · 11.29.2006, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by k-krack

Hey! Shush! I live up north in the mainland where earthquakes never happen! I'll laugh in YOUR face for living in an area that will be underwater within 20 years!!!! HAH!

Quoted for truth. We barely have earthquakes here in Ontario, so we're not used it. I've experienced 2 in my life, but one was a 3.something so I didn't wake up. The other was a 4.6 or something around there and I was with my girlfriend and she got really freaked out, and I just laughed. I was scared myself, but it only lasted a few seconds

k-krack · 11.29.2006, 10:51 PM

I was so frikkin' scared man. That shit freaked me right out. And since it was 2:30 and it woke me, I was even more frightened (confused, etc). I literally thought it was apocalypse-time for a few seconds.

Cantankerous · 11.29.2006, 11:11 PM

my cat knocked my TV off the stand in my bedroom at 7 AM a couple weeks ago and i thought we were getting bombed. now the corner of my TV is purple.

John Violence · 11.30.2006, 12:07 AM

A few years ago my area had a six something earthquake. It fucking cracked my TV.

Hip Priest · 11.30.2006, 04:38 AM

Just occaisionally, we have one of those little earthquakes/tremors.

Proper earthquakes, like proper tornados and volcanoes, are things I'd really like to witness for the interest, but I'm very glad I live somewhere where they won't happen.

sonicl · 11.30.2006, 04:43 AM

My mum and dad experienced an earthquake while on holiday once, about a 4 on the richter scale. I say they experienced it, what actually happened was my mum stirred and thought it was my dad turning over in bed, and it was only the next morning they learned it had actually been an earthquake.

I know that story doesn't add much to the thread, but it always makes me smile.

jon boy · 11.30.2006, 04:43 AM

i have never experienced one. i was hoping for a tremor or at least something when i was in LA both times but nothing, not even a slight wiggle.

Hip Priest · 11.30.2006, 04:47 AM

Not even a slight wiggle? That must have been a dissappointment.

When I was about ten, there was one at about eight in the morning that made the snooker cues fall from their rack. I think it was centered around Wrexham.

jon boy · 11.30.2006, 04:53 AM

well there was a slight wiggle in LA but thats another story.

i was in san francisco as well and didnt even get a slight rumbling. no matter how many times i threw rocks at the fault line.

o o o · 11.30.2006, 05:00 AM

i have only experienced one in my life, in vienna 2 or 3 years ago, when i was at the 21st floor of a tall building... I can't remember the scale, but it was a small one, whose epicentre was in Slovakia… I barely noticed it: I just sat there in front of a computer, suddenly felt a bit funny as if my head was spinning, and then noticed that the venetian blinds were slowly starting to tap against the window… but I did not really have the time to understand why. before I got to get scared, it was actually over.

_slavo_ · 11.30.2006, 05:37 AM

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Originally Posted by o o o

i have only experienced one in my life, in vienna 2 or 3 years ago, when i was at the 21st floor of a tall building... I can't remember the scale, but it was a small one, whose epicentre was in Slovakia… I barely noticed it: I just sat there in front of a computer, suddenly felt a bit funny as if my head was spinning, and then noticed that the venetian blinds were slowly starting to tap against the window… but I did not really have the time to understand why. before I got to get scared, it was actually over.

That's weird mate, aren't you making this shit up?
I've been living in Bratislava for past 6 years and I know there was NEVER an earthquake with epicentre in Slovakia.

o o o · 11.30.2006, 05:43 AM

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That's weird mate, aren't you making this shit up?
I've been living in Bratislava for past 6 years and I know there was NEVER an earthquake with epicentre in Slovakia.

haha, no, i'm definitely not making this shit up... but maybe i made a mistake and the epicentre was not in Slovakia, but in another neighbouring country of austria... i don't know, it must have been between april and july 2004, i think. but as i said, it was a small one, and i reckon i would have not felt it, if i was not on the 21st floor of this building.

11.29.2006, 08:57 PM	#1
k-krack invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: On Posts: 7,380	That's right, I experienced my first earthquake (a 4.1 on the Richter scale) last night... this morning. Around 2:30AM. I woke up immediately, freaked to shit, thinking it was 6AM. After the tenth second or so, I thought it was the end of the world, I was scared shitless! I shot out of bed, worried my huge cd shelf would fall, destroying all my precious musical artifacts, etc... no such happenings occured, thankfully. As soon as it was over, I crept into the main part of the house, where my dad was arriving as well, we were both pretty freaked, and peeked outside and stuff... then we went back to bed (but for me, not to sleep). __________________ sandwich klub 4 men. Danny is a C.H.U.D.
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11.29.2006, 08:59 PM	#2
static-harmony invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: outside L.A Posts: 5,156	Ah 4.1 I should point at you and laugh. That's not a big one. but yeah Earthquakes are fun. __________________
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11.29.2006, 09:02 PM	#4
static-harmony invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: outside L.A Posts: 5,156	Sorry I am moving to New York. But my condolences to you for such a shock. __________________
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11.29.2006, 09:04 PM	#5
k-krack invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: On Posts: 7,380	Ahaha, thanks muchly. When are you moving there? __________________ sandwich klub 4 men. Danny is a C.H.U.D.
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11.29.2006, 09:05 PM	#6
static-harmony invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: outside L.A Posts: 5,156	When I finish with my photojournalism degree here in California, I don't want to move yet cause I don't want to pay out of state tuition fee and all that crap that goes with out of state students. __________________
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11.29.2006, 09:10 PM	#7
k-krack invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: On Posts: 7,380	Right, right. I know nothing about it or anything, but I'm assuming it's a pain in the ass. I gotta jet now, man, sorry to cut off like this, haha. Have a nice night/day, whichever it may be in LA. See ya! __________________ sandwich klub 4 men. Danny is a C.H.U.D.
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11.29.2006, 09:12 PM	#8
static-harmony invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: outside L.A Posts: 5,156	Night later, don't worry about quakes they are nothing. __________________
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11.29.2006, 10:51 PM	#10
k-krack invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: On Posts: 7,380	I was so frikkin' scared man. That shit freaked me right out. And since it was 2:30 and it woke me, I was even more frightened (confused, etc). I literally thought it was apocalypse-time for a few seconds. __________________ sandwich klub 4 men. Danny is a C.H.U.D.
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11.29.2006, 11:11 PM	#11
Cantankerous invito al cielo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: A RETIREMENT HOME Posts: 18,499	my cat knocked my TV off the stand in my bedroom at 7 AM a couple weeks ago and i thought we were getting bombed. now the corner of my TV is purple. __________________ RETIRED
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11.30.2006, 12:07 AM	#12
John Violence the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 898	A few years ago my area had a six something earthquake. It fucking cracked my TV.
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11.30.2006, 04:38 AM	#13
Hip Priest invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Birkenhead Posts: 9,397	Just occaisionally, we have one of those little earthquakes/tremors. Proper earthquakes, like proper tornados and volcanoes, are things I'd really like to witness for the interest, but I'm very glad I live somewhere where they won't happen. __________________ Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. http://www.flickr.com/photos/outsidethecamp/
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11.30.2006, 04:43 AM	#14
sonicl invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,527	My mum and dad experienced an earthquake while on holiday once, about a 4 on the richter scale. I say they experienced it, what actually happened was my mum stirred and thought it was my dad turning over in bed, and it was only the next morning they learned it had actually been an earthquake. I know that story doesn't add much to the thread, but it always makes me smile.
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11.30.2006, 04:43 AM	#15
jon boy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: psycho battery Posts: 12,161	i have never experienced one. i was hoping for a tremor or at least something when i was in LA both times but nothing, not even a slight wiggle. __________________ Sarcasm[A] is stating the opposite of an intended meaning especially in order to sneeringly, slyly, jest or mock a person, situation or thing \|@ <------- Euphoric brain cell just moments before expiration V _ \ / _ PING <-------- moments later / \ http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljhxq...isruo1_500.gif
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11.30.2006, 04:47 AM	#16
Hip Priest invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Birkenhead Posts: 9,397	Not even a slight wiggle? That must have been a dissappointment. When I was about ten, there was one at about eight in the morning that made the snooker cues fall from their rack. I think it was centered around Wrexham. __________________ Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. http://www.flickr.com/photos/outsidethecamp/
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11.30.2006, 04:53 AM	#17
jon boy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: psycho battery Posts: 12,161	well there was a slight wiggle in LA but thats another story. i was in san francisco as well and didnt even get a slight rumbling. no matter how many times i threw rocks at the fault line. __________________ Sarcasm[A] is stating the opposite of an intended meaning especially in order to sneeringly, slyly, jest or mock a person, situation or thing \|@ <------- Euphoric brain cell just moments before expiration V _ \ / _ PING <-------- moments later / \ http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljhxq...isruo1_500.gif
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11.30.2006, 05:00 AM	#18
o o o the destroyed room Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 613	i have only experienced one in my life, in vienna 2 or 3 years ago, when i was at the 21st floor of a tall building... I can't remember the scale, but it was a small one, whose epicentre was in Slovakia… I barely noticed it: I just sat there in front of a computer, suddenly felt a bit funny as if my head was spinning, and then noticed that the venetian blinds were slowly starting to tap against the window… but I did not really have the time to understand why. before I got to get scared, it was actually over.
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